Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ever present stench--the overpowering smell from Seaboard's 40,000 hogs closely confined in 44 metal buildings, where exhaust fans continuously pump out tons of pungent ammonia, mixed with tons of grain dust and fecal matter, scented with the noxious odor of hydrogen sulfide (a poisonous gas produced by decaying manure that smells like rotten eggs), all combined with another blend of aromas wafting from five cesspits each 25 ft. deep and the size of a football field. They are, in effect, open-air sewage ponds, and 75 ft. below lies the Ogallala aquifer, which provides drinking and irrigation...
...matter how cheap or simple the personal-computer industry makes its new PCs--and many now sell for less than $1,000--they still daunt many would-be users. But a new wave of "information appliances" has begun to bridge the gap between PCs and consumer electronics by bringing capabilities such as e-mail and Internet access to TVs, telephones and other homey devices. Unlike even the least expensive PCs, which are designed for a variety of uses, information appliances focus on a few core functions and usually sell for $500 or less...
...spectator today. So is Mark's son Glenn, 14. Glenn, a crack shot, has hunted turkey and pheasant with shotguns and deer with bow and arrow. But in New York State, he cannot legally go after deer with a gun until he is 16. That doesn't matter today. Glenn is excited but silent, testing the wind with a wet finger, flicking his eyes through the woods like any good hunter, alert to motion...
Within six days of the crisis' resolution, its farcicality became obvious when Iraq contemptuously refused to turn over promised documents to the U.N. inspectors. But no matter. The moment had passed. Saddam had his reprieve...
...they come? On the stage they make less money, have to work harder and risk getting creamed by the critics in a rare sector of show biz where critics can still matter. A Short answer: "The theater," he says, "is the ultimate reconfirmation of why you even started out to be an actor." The Canadian-born comic began his career on the Toronto stage, appearing in shows like Godspell (with Gilda Radner) and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown before moving to the U.S., where he became a chameleonlike star on SCTV and Saturday Night Live...